This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1539.

List of years in literature (table)
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Events

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  • April – Printing of the Great Bible (The Byble in Englyshe) is completed; it is distributed to churches in England.[1] Prepared by Myles Coverdale, it contains much material from the Tyndale Bible – unacknowledged as the Tyndale version is officially deemed heretical.
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New books

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Prose

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Poetry

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 145–148. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  2. ^ Robertson, Patrick (1974). The Shell Book of Firsts. London: Ebury Press. p. 189. ISBN 0-7181-1279-2.
  3. ^ "The Press in Colonial America" (PDF). A Publisher's History of American Magazines — Background and Beginnings. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-27. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
  4. ^ (in Dutch) Some biographical information
  5. ^ "St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria". Bethlehem, PA: Barnabites. Archived from the original on 2019-06-10. Retrieved 2019-06-24.